Weekly Update

There are a lot of things happening in Literature, English, and Religion this week!

In Literature, the students are working in their novel groups to create a newspaper that reflects all of the events that happened in the novel Animal Farm. The students are being asked to think like the animals and really understand how those under oppression must feel. Each student is responsible for writing three stories or features, and the entire group must write two articles that focus on propaganda and symbolism.

In English, we are finishing up the research paper. I first met with each student to conference about their notes. Then they wrote the outline for the paper, and I met with students individually again to discuss the organization of their papers. They are now working on the rough draft, which is due on Monday. Next week the students will engage in peer revision so that the final paper will be of the best quality possible. While these papers will end of being fairly short, the goal of the assignment was to practice the research process, which I think the students did a great job with.

In religion, we are finishing up the unit on martyrs and the legalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Next week the kids will work with a partner to create an infomercial that "sells" Christianity and highlights all of the concepts we learned about in this unit.

Finally, the quarter ends on Friday. Hopefully, you have been keeping up-to-date with your child's progress on Infinite Campus. We will be sending report cards and papers home next Thursday. Please be sure to sign and return them after you have looked everything over.